arguments

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So, in spite of O’Leary’s concerted efforts to smear the protesters as “proxies” for the Chinese government, and to dismiss opposing arguments as “poo-poo,” Utah politicians sound quite different right now.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

The administration has appealed the decisions to the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in January.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Hall heard oral arguments for the dismissal in April and has yet to issue a ruling.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

On the one hand, he found the blatantly proslavery arguments “shamefully indecent” and described his colleagues from South Carolina and Georgia as “intemperate beyond all example and even all decorum.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis